The Degradation of Our Societies Media and Entertainment Culture

1. The Degradation of Our Societies Media and Entertainment Culture By Chase Womack

2. Reason To Listen • The problem is worsening • It affects our future

3. Credibility • View many forms of media • I have experience distinguishing quality media • Extensive research

4. Preview I will begin by… • Explaining what is wrong with todays entertainment media 1. The Arts 2. Games 3. Film • What can fix this? • What if it never gets fixed? • How you can help

5. Is This Really A Problem? • Participation in the arts and other “smart” media is declining • Traditional art forms are being replaced • Inferior alternatives

6. While theatre attendance drops Honey Boo Boo gets ridiculous ratings http://www.thestranger.com/binary/e173/theater-magnum-500.jpg http://cdn.motinetwork.net/demotivationalposters.net/image/demotivational-poster/1207/the-learning-channel-learning-honeybooboo-rednecks-demotivational-posters-1343614275.jpg

7. No one has time to go to a museum • Too Busy playing Flappy Bird http://blogs-images.forbes.com/insertcoin/files/2014/02/flappy-bird.jpg

8. Ramifications • Important for teaching basic skills to kids • General lack of decent media • Lack of intellectual content

9. The Arts • Teach kids life skills/life lessons • Intelligent entertainment • Encourage creativity http://www.anderson5.net/cms/lib02/SC01001931/Centricity/Domain/3887/CoArtsLogo.png

10. Replaced By Reality TV • No intellectual content • Glorify idiocy • 15/20 of the top shows in 2010 were reality tv As Tom Green wrote in his article about reality TV “People like watching train wrecks.”

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12. Video Games According to Drew Guarini at the Huffington Post Challenging Video games • Stimulate brain function • Improve critical thinking skills • Fun  http://metaversemodsquad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/starcraft2_scr113.jpg

13. Replaced By Casual Games • By definition no critical thinking • Dumbed down content http://indiestatik.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/co.jpg

14. Classic Films • Smart/complex storylines • Had morals to them • Interesting characters http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Mr._Smith_Goes_to_Washington-_1939-_Poster.png http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTc1MjczNTgxM15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTYwNDg3OA@@._V1_SY317_CR12,0,214,317_AL_.jpg

15. Replaced By Action Flicks • All action, no substance/story • Michael Bay  • Ruins classics

16. Michael Bay’s Films http://www.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Michael-Bay-Explosion-graphic-500x496.jpg

17. Pointing If these trends continue you and your children could end up with • Shallow, stupid content • No intellectual value in our media • Less tools for teaching • More Michael Bay remakes/movies in general

18. Solution  • Support intellectual forms of media • Consume less non-intellectual media • Convince others to do the same

19. Explanation • The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step • Changing society by literally changing people http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8EZqzmarI9U/TbyFvCXP4hI/AAAAAAAAAQc/eiMTsKGh3J8/s1600/Man_In_The_Mirror_Michael_Jackson_Song_Lyric_Quote_in_Text_Image_1280x800_Pixels.png

20. Theoretical Demo • Convince people to stop consuming the puerile media • Encourage them to change to intellectual media • They do the same • Some stuff happens • Profit

21. Practical Experience • Changing trends is common • The problem was created this way http://ldssmile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Leader-and-Followers.jpg

22. Objections • People don’t want intelligent content • Casual games are good • Every film needs more explosions • Should still provide quality content/ good for society • By virtue of being casual are inferior • Go home Michael Bay, you’re drunk • Modern films lack the depth that they should Rebuttal

23. Visualization • The reality tv and action films have taken their toll • Humans have become quite simple • No critical thinking, a love of stupid movies, and other terrible things • But, sadly less Terry Crews http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fGAjNf-6L._SY300_.jpg

24. Action You can help by… • Donating to the National Endowment for the Arts • Going to/supporting performing arts events • Watching less reality tv

25. I personally love the arts and other intellectual media • I hope that they can survive • The state of our culture makes that fairly difficult

26. Remember If this media disappears… • No more shows like Game of Thrones • Or Breaking Bad • Or House • Or any good show ever

27. Works Cited Carter, Bill. "Tired of Reality TV, but Still Tuning In." The New York Times. The New York Times, 12 Sept. 2010. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/13/business/media/13reality.html Green, Tom. "Reality TV -- Rewarding Bad Behavior." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 16 July 2013. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-green/reality-tv-rewarding-bad-_b_3606641.html Guarini, Drew. "9 Ways Video Games Can Actually Be Good For You." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 07 Nov. 2013. Web. 25 Apr. 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/video-games-good-for-us_n_4164723.html Nelson, Noah. "Hard-Core And Casual Gamers Play In Different Worlds." NPR. NPR, n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/11/29/246747168/hard-core-and-casual-gamers-play-in-different-worlds Ng, David. “NEA Report Shows Declining Attendance in Arts Events Nationwide." - Latimes.com. 10 Dec, 2009. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/nea-report-shows-declining-attendance-in-arts-events-nationwide.html Strauss, Valerie. "Top 10 Skills Children Learn from the Arts." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2013. Web. 27 Apr. 2014. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/01/22/top-10-skills-children-learn-from-the-arts/